National Republican., 1887-02-14
REV. TALMAGES SERMON.
HE DIsCOURsEs ON THE SUBJECT OF
''THE RANSOMED."
The Clearance of the Soul and the Ad-
mission to the Land of Eternal Hap
piness Paid for in Instalments.

BROOKLYN, Feb. 13.-0ver 600 persons have
oined the BROOKLYN Tabernacle, pastor. the
Rev. T. De witt Talmage, ID. D., during the
present revival, making the communicate
membership of this church about 1000. Prot
Henry Eyre Browne rendered an organ solo,
second sonata in minor, by A. G. Ritter.
The congregational singing was like the voice
of many waters when the pastor ave out the
hymn:
"He leadcth me; blessed thought!
words with heavenly comfort fraught ~
The subject of Dr. Talmage's sermon was
"The Ransomed," and his text was Corin.
thinns, vi, 20: "Ye are bought with price"
Your friend takes you through his valuable
house. You examine the arches the fresco,
the grass-plots, the fish-ponds, the conserva-
tories, the parks of deer. and you say within
yourself, or you say aloud. "What did all this
high-mettled span Of horses harnesssd with
mate of the value. The man who owns large
worth. lie says, II will estimate so much for
the house, SO much for the furniture, so much
for bar mueh the
equipagSS,-adding up In oil, making this az.
Wei Wei, my friends, hear so much about our
mansion in heaven, about 1t furniture and
grand surroundings, that want to know how
much it is all worth. and what has actually
y
month or year the magnificent calculation,
but before get through to-day hope to give
you the figures. "Ye are bought with
With some friends went into London Tower
tolook at the crown jewels OF England. We
walked around, caught one glimpse OF them,
and being iu the procession were compelled TO
pass out. wish that to-day could take this
audience into the tower OF Gods mercy and
strength. that You might walk around just once
at least and see the crown jewels OF eternity,
behold their brilliancy, and estimate their
value. "ie are bought with price" Now,
II you have large amount Of money to pay ~
installments-so much the list Of january, so
much the isto April, SO much the ist ofJu!y,
amount is paid. And have to tell this audi.
ence that, .,,you have been bought with a
price," and that that price was paid in differ.
The first instalment paid 70: the clearance of
our souls wasthe ignominious birth of Christ
in Bethlehem. Though we may never be care
fully looked after aiterward, our advent into
the world is carefully guarded. We come into
the world amid kindly attentions. Privacy and
silence are afforded when God launches an
immortal soul into the world. Even the rough
est of men know enough to stand back. But
have TO tell you that In the village on the side
of the hill there was very Bedlam OF uproar
when Jesus was born In village capable of
accommodating only n few hundred people
many thousand people were crowded, aud
amid hostlers aud lnuleteers and camel drivers
yelling at stupid beasts OF burden the Messiah
appeared No silence; no privacy. a better
adapted place hath the eaglet IN the eyrie-hath
the whelp in the lions lair. The exile of
heaven lieth down upon the straw The first
night out from the palace of heaven spent In
an clubhouse. One hour after laying aside the
robes of heaven, dressed in a wrapper of coarse
linen; one would have supposed that Christ
would have made a more gradual descent,
coming from heaven first to a halfway world
of great magnitude then to CUsar's palace,
then TO merchants castle in Galllee, then to
apriyate home in Bethany, then to a fisher
mans hut, and last of all to the stable. No !!
IL was one leap from the top to the bottom.
Let us open tho door of the carayansary iu
Bethlehem and drive away the camels. Press
on through the group of idlers aud loungers,
What o Mary, no ,lght2 mo light" she
says, save that which comes through the
door" What, Mary no food? None" she
says, "Only that which Is bi ought In the sack
on the Journey" Let the Bethlehem woman
who has come In here with kindly affections
put back the covering from the babe that we
may look upon IL. Look look Uncover
your head Let us kneel Let all voices be
hushed, Son OF Mary Son OF Cod Child of
day, monarch OF eternity In that eye the
glance of God, 0mnipotence sheathed in
that babes arm. That voice to be changed
from the feeble plant TO the toue that shall
wake the dead. Hosanna hosannal Glory
he TO God that Jesus came from throne to
mAnger that we might rise from manger TO
throne, aud that all the gates are open, and
that the door Of heayen that once swung this